101 SCOPE, CONSTRUCTION AND AMENDMENTS
(a) Scope and Construction
(b) Publication of Amendments
102 CLERK'S OFFICE; CUSTODY AND REMOVAL OF RECORDS
(a) Office Hours
(b) Removal of Records
103 PHOTOGRAPHY, TAPE RECORDING AND BROADCASTING IN THE COURTHOUSE
104 PRACTICE BY ATTORNEYS
(a) Practice by Members of the Bar of This Court
(b) Appearance As Sole or Lead Counsel in a Contested Evidentiary Hearing or Trial on the Merits
(c) Practice by Non-Members of the Bar of This Court
(d) Participation by Non-Members of This Court's Bar in Court Proceedings
(e) Attorneys Employed by the United States
(f) Attorneys Employed by a State
(g) Attorneys Representing Indigents
(h) Entry and Withdrawal of Appearance
(i) Striking Appearance for Nonattendance at Court Proceedings
105 NUMBER OF COUNSEL
106 FORM AND FILING OF PLEADINGS AND OTHER PAPERS
(a) Place and Manner of Filing
(b) Correspondence with Court
(c) Number of Copies
(d) Electronic Transmission
(e) Name and Address of Parties and Attorneys
(f) Form of Papers
(g) Attachments to Pleadings
(h) Verification
(i) Nonconforming Papers
107 FILING AND DISCOVERY REQUESTS AND RESPONSES
(a) Nonfiling of Discovery Materials
(b) Filing of Discovery Materials with Motions and at Trial
(c) Filing for Purpose of Appeal
108 MOTIONS
(a) Statement of Points and Authorities
(b) Opposing Points and Authorities
(c) Proposed Order
(d) Reply Memorandum
(e) Page Limitations
(f) Oral Hearings
(g) Motions To Vacate Default; Verified Answer
(h) Motions For Summary Judgment
(i) Motions To Amend Pleadings
(j) Motion to Intervene
(k) Names of Persons to be Served With Proposed Orders, Judgments and Stipulations
(l) Time for Filing Dispositive Motions
(m) Duty of Counsel to Confer on Nondispositive Motions
109 DISCLOSURE OF CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS AND FINANCIAL INTERESTS
110 PROOF OF SERVICE
111 SCHEDULING AND CONTINUANCES
(a) Scheduling
(b) Continuances
(c) Notice
112 STIPULATIONS
113 PUBLICATION AND PROOF THEREOF
114 JURY
(a) Selection and Assignment
(b) Notification of Settlement in Civil Jury Cases
115 COMMUNICATION WITH A JUROR
(a) During Trial
(b) After Trial
116 BONDS AND SURETIES
117 PRACTICE BY LAW STUDENTS
(a) Activities
(b) Student, Program and Supervisor Requirements
(c) Certification of Student, Program and Supervisor
118 AVOIDANCE AND RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS IN ENGAGEMENTS OF COUNSEL AMONG THE COURTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
(a) Priority to Be Accorded Appellate Courts
(b) Priorities in Trial Courts
(c) Responsibilities of Counsel
119 PRACTICE BY LAW CLERKS AND COURT EMPLOYEES
201 ENTRY AND WITHDRAWAL OF APPEARANCES BY ATTORNEYS IN CIVIL ACTIONS
(a) Entry of Appearance
(b) Withdrawal of Appearance by Notice
(c) Withdrawal of Appearance by Motion
(d) Ruling on Motion to Withdraw Appearance
202 APPLICATIONS FOR A STATUTORY THREE-JUDGE COURT
203 CLASS ACTIONS
(a) Class Action Allegations
(b) Motion for Certification
(c) Provisions as to Notice
(d) Applicability to Counterclaims and Cross-Claims
204 HABEAS CORPUS PETITIONS, SECTION 1983 COMPLAINTS, AND SECTION 2255 MOTIONS
205 TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIONS
(a) Applications for Temporary Restraining Orders
(b) Emergency Applications Outside Business Hours
(c) Applications for Preliminary Injunctions
(d) Hearings on Applications for Preliminary Injunctions
206 DUTY TO MEET AND CONFER
(a) Time for Meeting of Parties
(b) Cases Exempted from Requirement of Meeting
(c) Matters to be Discussed by the Parties
(d) Report to the Court
206.1 CASE TRACKING AND SCHEDULING ORDERS
(a) Case Tracks
(b) Scheduling Conference and Order
207 DISCOVERY
(a) Initial Disclosure Requirements
(b) Presumptive Limits on Interrogatories and Depositions
(c) Duration of Depositions
(d) Form of Responses to Interrogatories
and Requests for Admissions or Production of Documents
208 SERVICE OF NOTICE OF DEPOSITION
209 PRETRIAL STATEMENTS
(a) General
(b) Pretrial Statements
(c) Exempted Cases
(d) Orders Affecting Content of Pretrial Statements
(e) Objections to Depositions and Exhibits
(f) Compliance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
210 EXPENSES OF A MASTER
211 DISMISSAL FOR FAILURE TO PROSECUTE
212 CUSTODY OF EXHIBITS IN CIVIL CASES
213 REVIEW OF ORDERS AS TO ADMISSION OR EXCLUSION OF PRACTITIONERS BEFORE THE PATENT OFFICE
214 TAXATION OF COSTS
(a) Bill of Costs
(b) Opposition to the Bill of Costs
(c) Taxation of Costs by the Clerk
(d) Costs Taxable by the Clerk
(e) Motion To Retax
(f) Costs and Attorneys Fees
215 DETERMINATION OF ATTORNEYS FEES
(a) Post-Judgment Conference (b) Determination of Attorneys Fees Pending Appeal (c) Interim Awards
216 COURT REGISTRY INVESTMENT SYSTEM
(a) Receipt of Funds
(b) Investment of Registry Funds
(c) Registry Investment Fee
301 ENTRY AND WITHDRAWAL OF APPEARANCES BY ATTORNEYS IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS
(a) Entry of Appearance
(b) Certificate of Familiarity With Sentencing Guidelines
(c) Continuing Duty of Representation
(d) Withdrawal of Counsel
(e) Counsel for the Government
302 GRAND JURY MATTERS
303 CONDITIONS OF RELEASE
(a) Report of the Pretrial Services Agency
(b) Setting Conditions of Release
(c) Advice to the Defendant
304 DISCOVERY
305 ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENAS FOR APPOINTED COUNSEL
306 SPEEDY TRIAL
307 CLOSURE OF PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS
(a) General Rule
(b) Motion for Closure
(c) Opposition by Non-Parties
307.1 APPLICATIONS FOR RELIEF IN A CRIMINAL CASE BY PERSONS NOT PARTIES TO THE CASE
308 RELEASE OF INFORMATION BY ATTORNEYS AND COURT PERSONNEL
(a) Conduct of Court Personnel
(b) Conduct of Attorneys in Criminal Cases
(c) Orders in Widely Publicized or Sensational Cases
309 PROBATION AND REVOCATION OF PROBATION
(a) Assignment to a Probation Officer
(b) Conditions of Probation
(c) Hearing on Alleged Violations of Probation
(d) Violation of a Probation Condition; Resentencing
(e) Hearings Delegated to the Magistrate Judge
310 CUSTODY OF EXHIBITS IN CRIMINAL CASES
(a) Prior to Verdict
(b) After Verdict
(c) Special Exhibits
(d) Destruction of Exhibits
311 SENTENCING GUIDELINES
401 ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM
(a) Cases to be Assigned to a Single Judge
(b) Calendar Committee
(c) Emergency Judge
(d) Notice of Transfers and Reassignments
402 CLASSES OF CASES
(a) Classification
(b) Designation at Time of Filing
403 MANNER OF ASSIGNMENT
(a) Random Assignment
(b) Three-Judge Court Cases
(c) Wiretap Order Applications
(d) Bankruptcy Matters
(e) Prisoner Petitions
(f) Assignment to Visiting and Senior Judges
(g) Special Assignment by the Chief Judge
(h) Proceedings After Assignment
404 SUSPENSION OF NEW ASSIGNMENTS
405 RELATED CASES
(a) Definition
(b) Notification of Related Cases
(c) Assignment of Related Cases
(d) Motions to Consolidate
(e) Referrals to a Single Judge by the Calendar Committee
406 OTHER TRANSFERS AND REASSIGNMENTS
(a) Transfers by Consent
(b) Death, Retirement, Appointment of New Judges, etc.
(c) Reassignment of Criminal Cases
(d) Calendar Committee Calendar
(e) Transfers Not Provided for by Other Rules
407 DUTIES OF THE CHIEF JUDGE
408 MOTIONS JUDGE
(a) Assignment by Rotation
(b) Matters Heard by Motions Judge
(c) Extended Proceedings in Matters Assigned to the Motions Judge
409 SANCTIONS IMPOSED
(a) Court Officers and Employees
(b) Third Parties
501 DUTIES AND POWERS OF MAGISTRATE JUDGES
(a) General Duties
(b) Powers Exercised at the Request of a Judge
(c) Powers Exercised at the Request of the Chief Judge
502 REFERRAL OF CIVIL CASES TO MAGISTRATE JUDGES FOR ALL PURPOSES
(a) Consent to Assignment
(b) Procedure for Consent
(c) Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals
(d) Appeal by Consent to the District Court
503 REFERRAL OF MOTIONS AND PRETRIAL MATTERS TO MAGISTRATE JUDGES
(a) Matters Determinable by a Magistrate Judge
(b) Motion for Reconsideration of the Magistrate Judge's Ruling
(c) Basis for Reconsideration
504 REFERRAL OF MATTERS FOR HEARING AND RECOMMENDATION BY MAGISTRATE JUDGES
(a) Matters Referable to a Magistrate Judge for Hearing and Recommendation
(b) Objection to Recommendations of the Magistrate Judge
(c) Determination by the Court
505 REFERRAL OF MISDEMEANOR CASES TO MAGISTRATE JUDGES FOR ALL PURPOSES
(a) Jurisdiction to Conduct Trials of Misdemeanor Cases
(b) Request for Stenographic Reporter
(c) Presentence Investigation at the Request of a Magistrate Judge
(d) Payment of Fixed Sum in Lieu of Appearance
601 REFERENCE TO BANKRUPTCY JUDGE
602 WITHDRAWAL OF REFERENCE
(a) Form of Request; Place for Filing
(b) Time for Filing
(c) Stay
(d) Designation of Record
(e) Responses to Motions to Withdraw the Reference; Reply; Transmittal to and Proceedings in District Court
(f) Transmittal to and Proceedings in District Court
603 DE NOVO REVIEW
(a) Form of Request; Time and Place for Filing
(b) Designation of Record; Responses to Objections; Reply; Transmittal to and Proceedings in District Court
(c) De Novo Consideration by District Judge
(d) Effect of Failure to Object
604 APPEALS TO DISTRICT COURT
(a) Retention of Record in Bankruptcy Court
(b) Failure to Designate Record or Issues or to File Brief
(c) Interlocutory Appeals
605 CORE DETERMINATION; CONSENT TO BANKRUPTCY JUDGE'S DETERMINATION; APPEAL; ABSTENTION; JURY TRIAL DETERMINATION; VENUE DETERMINATION; REMOVAL AND REMAND
606 REPEALER; CONTINUED APPLICABILITY
701 ADMISSION TO THE BAR
(a) Who May be Admitted
(b) Petition for Admission
(c) Affidavit of a Member of the Bar
(d) Hearing on the Petition
(e) Oath
(f) Admission Fee
(g) Clerk as Agent for Service
701.1 RENEWAL OF MEMBERSHIP
(a) Renewal of Membership Every Three Years
(b) Renewal Fee
(c) Failure to Renew
702 COURT APPOINTED REPRESENTATION
702.1 CIVIL PRO BONO PANEL
703 RULES OF DISCIPLINARY ENFORCEMENT
(a) Promulgation of Rules
(b) Attorneys Subject to Rules
704 DISCIPLINARY PANEL
(a) Appointment
(b) Powers of Individual Judges
705 COMMITTEE ON GRIEVANCES
(a) Appointment
(b) Duties
(c) Clerk
(d) Confidentiality and Immunity
706 OBLIGATIONS OF ATTORNEYS
(a) Rules of Professional Conduct
(b) Duty to Notify the Court
(c) Changes in Address
(d) Duties of the Clerk Upon Notification
707 GROUNDS AND PROCEDURES FOR DISCIPLINE
(a) Service of Process
(b) Attorneys Convicted of Crimes
(c) Discipline Imposed by Other Courts
(d) Complaints of Misconduct Filed in This Court
(e) Disbarment on Consent
708 NOTIFICATION TO DISCIPLINARY AUTHORITIES
(a) Notification to Other Courts
(b) Notification to National Discipline Data Bank
709 REINSTATEMENT
(a) After Disbarment or Suspension
(b) Time of Application Following Disbarment
or Suspension for Indefinite Period (c) Hearing on Application
(d) Conditions of Reinstatement or Termination of Suspension
(e) Successive Petitions
(f) Notification of Reinstatement
710 PROCEEDINGS WHERE AN ATTORNEY IS DECLARED TO BE MENTALLY INCOMPETENT OR IS ALLEGED TO BE INCAPACITATED
(a) Attorneys Declared Incompetent or Physically Infirm
(b) Attorneys Alleged to be Incapacitated
(c) Claim of Disability During Disciplinary Proceedings
(d) Application for Reinstatement
(e) Evidentiary Hearing
(f) Waiver of Physician-Patient Privilege
711 COUNSELING
(a) Referral of Attorneys for Counseling
(b) The Counseling Panel
(c) Panel Proceedings
(d) Clerk
(e) Confidentiality and Immunity
PART I: REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT
PART II: THE CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLAN
| Section | 1: | Preliminary Pretrial Procedures |
| Section | 2: | Case Tracking |
| Section | 3: | Meet-and-Confer Conferences |
| Section | 4: | Scheduling Conference |
| Section | 5: | Pretrial Conference |
| Section | 6: | Motions and Hearings; Findings in Bench Trials |
| Section | 7: | Discovery |
| Section | 8: | Magistrate Judges |
| Section | 9: | Special Masters |
| Section | 10: | Trial Procedures |
| Section | 11: | Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) |
| Section | 12: | Pro Se Cases |
| Section | 13: | Space and Facilities |
| Section | 14: | Impact on Local Rules |
PART III: PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES CONSIDERED BUT NOT ADOPTED
PART IV: CONCLUSION